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[cryptsleeper]

Who: Alucard and Hilda
When: First half of July
Where: Old Public Hall, after hours
What: Discussing home spheres
Warnings: See thread markers

>[Old Public Hall will always have a sense of home for Alucard.  It was the second major project he threw himself into when he came to the Free Cities, and it took well over a year of his life.  The need to have a project helped center him, and the progress on the building was something the dhampir could settle against.  It was easier to be human shaped with a project, with a need to finish something, and somehow everything else fell into place around the Hall.

It is why he's so comfortable now, comfortable in one of the chairs that occupies what is now Hilda's office.  It feels homier somehow.  Lived in, in a way he could never make it feel himself.  There's a creative energy in it that is markedly different than the architect's need, all precision and properness.  Now it's about keeping things running, but also about creating, and enabling others to do the same.

He lets out a little huff, eyes going over to Hilda's.  How long have they been talking nonsense this evening?]

--Ah, I still owe you an explanation about the nervousness remark I made back in the Feywilds, don't I?

Comments

[cryptsleeper]

I think you should approach him about it. I've no doubt he'll pounce on it, even if it is just for his own concert garments.

[Gem of the Phoenix can, after all, go so many ways as far as clothing is concerned. There's a joke in there somewhere about how peacock is a better bird fit for his friend, but that's for later and really for Jaskier's ears only.

The next part is done quickly, and Alucard stands on the stage alone, hands on his hips to help emphasize the shape and silhouette that will be made. It is thanks to the hall's acoustics that he doesn't have to yell for Hilda to hear him. Rather, his voice is like he's standing right beside her.]

How much bigger? And will you need to simplify elements?

[theidlemaiden]

[ Being business partners, Hilda doesn't doubt Alucard when he says that Jaskier would probably be receptive to her offer to make him a corset. That however seems incredibly daunting considering his status in Abraxas. Sure, the corset Alucard is currently wearing right now is also going to be on display in the public eye, but she's desperately trying to ignore that fact so that her nerves don't get the best of her. And besides, on stage in front of an audience that couldn't see the up close details is vastly different than someone like Jaskier wearing it.

(It is! Don't give her any looks.) ]

Maybe...a little bigger? And I'll probably have to simplify them the next time around so it doesn't get too busy.

[ Why didn't she bring her notebook? ]

Is it wearing okay?

[cryptsleeper]

[Look Hilda, if he knew any of this he'd be trying to point out that a) Jaskier is a friend and b) Even just your embellishment work would be a great addition to a stage costume so own it??? And your work????

But alas, he does not, and so he can only stand there on the stage, considering.]

You already know you need to do some filing and smoothing stuff out, so I won't waste your time with that part. As for the rest, I'd say it is comfortable enough, especially if the scene is on the shorter end of things. You've done very well.

[theidlemaiden]

[ That sounds like a person confident in their skills instead of their looks and that simply isn't Hilda so she really can't relate.

With the distance between them she wonders if he can make out the barely restrained curve of her lips and flushed pink of her cheeks at the compliment. A part of her hopes not but that's wishful thinking and something she'll never actually voice aloud to confirm. ]

Aw, shucks. Hopefully the actor wearing it feels the same.

[ There's a brief pause as she continues to admire him on stage in a corset that, while it doesn't fit, still suits him the longer he's in it. When he inevitably comes down from the stage and they make their way back to her office she'll offer him a smile that rides that fine line of teasing and sincere. ] T

he offer is always on the table if you want something like that made. You look good in it.

i think call it here?

[cryptsleeper]

[Hilda he's going to force you to be that person if it kills him.

Lucky for Hilda, Alucard's good but not perfect. He'll only nod in quiet agreement, and then wait for the signal that he can come down off the stage. It's been a whiplash sort of night, and he is fairly sure it is going to end with him flopping down on some flat surface sooner rather than later.]

If we're ever invited back to the Feywilds, perhaps.

[That part is unsure, but sincere if it ever does happen. Alucard doesn't know if they ever will be, but he suspects that they will be expected to dress up further if that is the case. He may as well encourage more homegrown creativity, rather than relying fully on Fey magic and material.]